Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
Synonym: Xystrodus Morris and Roberts 1862 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes. The American Naturalist 33:783-792
Parent taxon: Chondrenchelyidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chondrenchelys, Harpagofututor
Subtaxa: Platyxystrodus bellulus Platyxystrodus imitatus Platyxystrodus inconditus Platyxystrodus occidentalis Platyxystrodus simplex Platyxystrodus striatus Platyxystrodus verus
Type: Cochliodus striatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5 collections), United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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